Word: randiness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have just seen is a demonstration of "psychic surgery." The blood had been donated by a volunteer before the show; the "diseased tissue" consisted of shreds of lamb heart, hidden in a tray behind the table and manipulated by the facile hands of a master magician: James ("the Amazing") Randi, 59, conjurer, showman, crusader and America's most implacable foe of flummery. The props and the techniques are those used by the so-called psychic surgeons of the Philippines, who promise miraculous, painless, lifesaving surgery to lure desperately ill people to their clinics. But what the sufferers get is sleight...
...exposes of faith healers, channelers, spoon benders, assorted psychics and others who prey on the gullible that Randi in 1986 became the first magician to receive a prestigious "genius" award from the MacArthur Foundation. The $272,000 that came with the honor has enabled Randi to step up his travels. He has logged 45,000 miles in the past few months alone, traveling far from his home in Plantation, Fla. In March he was in Australia, demonstrating the fraudulence of channeling, which involves a supposedly long- dead sage uttering words of wisdom through the mouth of a modern-day proxy...
With her team leading, 21-18, in the first half, Duncan sparked Harvard's 10-0 run over a four minute span with a pair of steals, a couple of buckets and some excellent defense on Yale's leading scorer, Randi Meberg...
When Harvard was unable to get many second shots on offense, it appeared history would repeat itself. The Bulldogs started hitting from the outside. Forward Randi Meberg's 15-foot jumper and sophomore Paula Kenefick's three-point shot put the home team up 17-10 halfway through the first half, the biggest lead either team, would enjoy throughout the entire contest...
...want to get rid of the take-charge issue," said Haig's N.H. Office manager Randi L. Joseph, referring to the attempted assassination of President Reagan in 1981, when Haig was quoted as having said he was in charge of the nation, ignoring a constitutionally established hierarchy that puts the Vice President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives in power...